Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-05-12
WHAT MLLSAMERIcANS.
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Political knhltipH-yioicnf Passions
The Race for Money.


country is nervous debility and
prostration. 1t goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-
tons for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
in the United States is de-
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are SO
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority of sui
cides, committed without ap-
parent reason, or underso-called
depression Of spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assail the
springs of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and wonlan's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they2 The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal.
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the in"
tense mentala and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles of pow.
erty; the use of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to.
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and fill the lunatic asylums
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
lish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as It
is seated in the Nerves and in
the organs of Digestion, Assim-
ilation and Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally starred;
even when there il no ENACT.
alton to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration sends
out its warnings headache
in the morning q persistent
dull heayiness or aching at the
baseof the brain wakefulness
loss Of appetite and disgustwitl
food; loss of mental energy ant
interest in ordinary duties anc
business; restlessness and anx
isty without any assignabl
reason; eructations; ba'
breath; foul mucous on tn
teeth; occasional. giddiness
palpitation of the heart; sa
1owness Of the skin; coate
tongue and gradual failure {
strength and ambition.
The remedy is a total aba
donment Of the habits and Gu
toms which cause the disea'
in each individual case, and IL
use Of Shaker Ertract Of Roo
(Seigel's Syrup to cure i
mischief already done. Th
great remedy, prepared by Il
Shaker Community Of Mt. LIE
anon, N. Y, is especially adaT
ed to eradicate Nervous by
pepsia. To do this it &C
directly and gently but powt
fully upon the disordered stol
ach, liver and kidneys, restt
ing their tone and vigor, pr
noting the secretion ofbile, g
polling waste matters from t
system, and purifying the bloc
Upon the nervous syste
Shaker Ertract(S sSyru
acts as a safe and wholesor
anodyne without the slighte
narcotic effect, and then leav
the nerves to regain their nj
ural tone and strength throu|
its wonderful influence up
the function of nutrition.
It is safe to say more mel
GUS dyspeptics have been
stored by it from the dept
of misery to a fresh enjoyme
of life and labor than by a
or all other forms of treatmt
combined. 4, -
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